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Hailee Steinfeld: 'I still get starstruck'

Published Tuesday, Mar 1 2011, 16:14 GMT | By Justin Harp

Hailee Steinfeld has suggested that despite her recent Oscar nomination she still gets "starstruck" around other celebrities.

The True Grit actress told Parade that she became nervous upon meeting the cast of The Social Network at a recent gala.

"I'm definitely going, 'Oh my God' left and right," she said. "I always get so starstruck."

The Tarzana native continued: "I met [The Social Network stars] Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Armie Hammer at a luncheon. Ahhh! That was a good day."

Steinfeld also revealed that her True Grit role as orphan Mattie Rose was influenced by the 1973 movie Paper Moon, in which a prostitute's daughter (Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal) goes on a journey of self-discovery with an older grifter.

"Paper Moon with Tatum O'Neal was one of the first [films] that stood out to me. Her role in that was a bit of my inspiration for True Grit - she was so independent," the 14-year-old remarked.

It was previously reported that Steinfeld might star in the sci-fi drama Forgotten.